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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
FORGED CHECKS.
Several Parties at Gainesville Taken In IN
awares.

awares.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, April ca stran-
ger, giving the name of Anderson, came
into this city Monday might, and at the
time of his disappearance this morning
was q badly wanted man. He presented
q forged check for $40 to Dan Mehan,
signed by Jones & Carey, railroad con-
tractors, on which Mehan advanced him
$50. The next morning when Mehan
presented the check to the First National
Bank they refused to cash it, pro-
nouncing it q forged document. On yes
terday he passed by the name of Garder
and presented another check at Parrack
& Nilson'S saloon signed by Jones & Carey
for $50, which they cashed. He then
handed the same parties another check on
the Gainesville National Bank for the sum
of $50, on which they advanced him S45.
This check was signed by A. S. Haynes,
clerk for Jones & Carey. On presentation
at the bank both were refused. a search
WAS made for the rascal, but he skipped
out. f.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
Reagan Out Again.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 70 inc GaZeLte.
PALESTINE, TEX, April 6.-The Hon.
John 81. Reagan has recovered sufficiently
from his late fall from his horse to be out
on the.streets and to attend to his volum-
inous private and official correspondence
which had accumulated largely during his
confinement to his bed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
Live Stock Markets.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Beeves-Receipts, 4C
carloads; market firm and higher; poor to
prime steers sold at 81 40G5 so; extra steers
S. 60G5 20; bulls and dry cows So 0OG4 CO.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; market dull, with
sales of common to prime at s. OOG5 So;
ordinary to prime yearlings So 0OG6 50; ordinary
lambs 81 0064 60 per head.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April misunderstanding
30l7; shipments 945; shipping steers weak and
lower; light butchers steers and cows steady
feeding steers quiet; good to choice shipping
81 5064 65; common to medium $ oOG4 40
stockers 81 6O63 40; feeding steers So 1894 90;
ments none; market strong for choice and
STEADY for others, ranging from So 50G5 60.
Sheep-Receipts %; shtrments none; market
steady; good to choice So 90G4 %; common to
medium g 5063 10.
ST LOUIS, Mo, April G. Cattle - Receipts
1850; shipments 500; market active ana steady
choice heavy native steers, 81 6065 80; fair to
good shipping steers 81 5064 IS; butchers
steers, fair choice s. 70G4 49, feeders, fair to
good, So 30I4 10; stoCkers, far to good, So POO
20; Texans, common to choice, 81 1908 10.
Hogs Receipts, $500; market active and strong
at unchanged figures ranging from 81 6O05 10.
81 eep-Receipts, 490; shipments none; market
firm; copmon to fair, g 30G3 40; medium 10
fancy, $&5O64 so.
CHICAGO, ILL, April 6.-Cattle = Receipts
lower; shipping Steers, $50 to 1860 pounds g 50
as 20; stockers and feeders 81 s064 80; icows,
bulls and mixed 81 0063 80; bulk s. 6503 20;
corn fed Texans 81 10. Hogs-Receipts 10000;
market strong. Sheep-ReCeipts 1000; ship
ments 1900; market stronger; natives s. GOA
05; western So 1904 So; Texans s. 50G4 %;
lambs 81 50G6 90.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
COTTON MARKETS.
Receipts at All United States Ports.
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. LA. April -Cotton-spot
closed quiet l16c lower.
Sales, 1900.
Low ordinary, Sc; ordinary, SIC; good ordin-
airy, SIC; low middling, 924c; middling,
10 Lice; good middling 10 5l6c; middling fair
104c; fair, II 7-l6c.
Futures opened steady, closing steady, 5
to points lower
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Galveston.

GALVESTON. TEX, April 6.-Cotton - Spot
closed quiet and unchanged.
Low ordinary, l$- l6c; ordinary, 9.l6c; good
ordinary, 93sc; low middling,9 l3l6c; MD
ding 1OH; good middling, 1896 middiing
fair, 10 13- Ice.
Gross receipts 35.
Sales, none.
Exports, none.
Stock, 20,745 bales. II
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
MONEY.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Money on call easy at
51l67 per cent, closed offered at SC. Prime
mercantile paper at 566c. Sterling exchange
quiet but steady at 81 s5 for sixty day bills and
81 SCI for demand
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
The Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 6.-Wool-Bright medi-
I'm steady, but inferior stock very dull; low TO
choice, washed, 30636c; bright medium. 200
25c; fine light. 1s624c; fine heavy, l4620c
coarse BRAID l6G2lc; low sandy, 13919
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07

NEW YORK. April 6. Cotton-spot closed
quiet and Ice lower
Sales l76 bales.
middHng 10 1-l6c; middling, 10 9-16c; good
middling, 10 Is l6c; middling fair, II 7l6c.
Futures opened barely steady, and closed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07

Inconsistencies, Sc 1906 so; long clear ribs
IS 62150S 90; short clear ribs S. 75G8 s.. Hams,
Sl1 50014 90. Afternoon Board: WhH4t dull
but firm and unchanged Corn quiet and I'M
changed. Oats, no sales.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
easy, I to points lower than yesterdays clos,
Sales 1880 bales.
I1V6FDOOI.

LIVERPOOL, April 6.-Cotton Spot closed
with good demand and prices unchanged.
Ordinary. 15-16d; good ordinary, SID; low
middling, SID; middling uplands, SD; mid
ding Orleans, 11-16d.
Total sales, 1900; American. 1900; imports,
16 600; American, Is 200.
futures opened steady at a decline, closing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
The Oodee Market.

GALVESTON, TEX. April 6.-Coffee-Firm at
outside figures: wholesale grocers quote good
ordinary Ice; fair, 162Ic; prime, lie; choice,
1714c; peaberry, 17I4c. Importers fill round LOT
orders for Rio coffee at the following prices
Good ordinary 15%c; fair 1614c; prime, 1o7se;
choice and Peaberry, lie.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
ENGLISH OONsOLs.

LONDON, April 6.-Oensols closed lO2 3 ls
for money, silver 43xd.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, April g. Bonds and stocks
clnsed at following nrIceS bid:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07

The Texas Express company way bills d.
rect to st. Louis, Chicago, New York, Philadel-
phia and all important points. The Texas Ex-
press company is the only company that way
bills direct to all Offices in the Southern Ex-
press company's territory. Shippers having
freight or money for points in the Southern
Texas Express company at one through rate
no transfer
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07

Sales Sc, 800.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-07
Texas Express Company.

The Texas Express company will on
January l, '87, open Offices on Kansas
City extension from Fort Worth to
Gainesville, and on Paris extension from
Farmersville to Honey Grove, Tex, of
the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe railroad,
with the following offices:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-26
MOST's TRIAL.
L Witness Dennes anarchy-Sume ConnIc
Ing Testimony,


Ing Testimony.
NEw YoRk, Nov. 25.-rb0 trial OF Herr
Most was continued to-day. His counsel
in tho evening address, declared it was
not Most but freedom Of speech on trial.
Ho proposed to prove that the de-
tsctiyss who testified to Most's language
were not present at the meeting; that the
published reports ore incorrect; that tho
reporter who had written lair report OF
Mosts speech be produced; Tint Most
would tell his own etory, and that thoee
present would Bwesr that when one Of hia
auditors wanted to begin tho work of
destruction at once Most couusslled
patience. Ado!ph Schenck, convicted
with Most last year for taking part in
unlawful assemblage, was the frat witness.
SchenS presided at the meeting and in.
trodune4 Most. Schenk swore he vas on
Staten Islsnd on the nigh. in question,
but admitted he WAS an Anarchist and in
favor Of talkingsbous revolution in society
by force Unnecessary. He described Anar.
chy asa condition OF things wherein people
ruled themselves in comuunities without
any State or general government; with.
out courts or without Law. Common
osnno should bo tho only rulo OF conduct.
There should he no punishment for wrong
doing except the guilty PERSONS own con.
science, which in time would set him
right. Schenck did not believe
| in God to punish perjury,
but WAS aware there was worldly
punishment for false swearing, and he
intended that Policeman Scacha should
get the full extent Of It. Morifz schult.
zsr pIintsr in the FreiheiI office, swore
he presided at the meeting and intro
duced Most ;.that scherck was not present.
Emile koaso said Most made no threat
that night. Adjourned till Monday.
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DEATH ON TIE RAIL.

Another Nan Hun Over uctweon Hero and
l,eDwood.
Yesterday George Smith, T. workman al
tho Benwood steel plant, who lived or
McColloch ntreet, in the Eighth ward
started about o'clock in the morning tc
walk to his days work. The next time
ho wac aeen by any Of his friends, biz
body was lifelesa aud mansled beyond
possible recognition. a.
Another man who lives in the city and
works q! Benwood, passed shortly aiter
Smith, and near Bosgs' run he found the
mRngled remains Of mAn. Squire Rid.
die, Of Bsnwcod waa notified, and held an
inquest. Tho body YVES ide1tilied ss that
Of Mr.. Smith and bis family notified. It
is not known definitely what train struck
him nor how it happened that he could
not escape from the track 10 time to avoid
his fate. From marks along the track,
however it is evident he Was ntruck on
the Baltimore & Ohio bridge over Boggs'
run and buried or dragged, OF
both, some distance before his body rolled
TO ono aide. His head was cut in two and
his limbs and body ground literally to
pieces. 0..1
Mr.. Smith wss 81 yea.a of age, end
leaves wife and family Of eight chill.
dron. OF the latter two boya have grown
to mans estate and several others are old
enough 10 materially assiat in the support
Of the family, but three Of the children
are very young, and tho family in poor
circumstances.
Tho unfortunate man was au old Union
soldier and a member Of L. W. S.ephena
Post, G. A. r., which organization will
have charge OF tho funeral on Sunday.
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EX-SENATOR JONES,
OF Florida, Says He is Not n paunor-Dor
Want Charity.

OF Florida, Says He is No. n paupor-Don't
Want Charity.
DETROIT, MlcH., Nov. 25.-Within the
past few days dispatches have been sent
from Detroit to newupapers all over the
country, seriously rejecting upon the
condition, financial aud mental, OF e1.
Unitod States Senator Charles W. Jones,
OF Florida, who hiss raeided in Detroit
continuously since Msrch, 1885. There Ia
no doubt that tho c1:Senator's finances
are no! in as good condition ss when he
was IN receip. Of nalaly from the United
States, but he Is not in any sonse pauper,
nor 10 he millionaire.
Some few weeke ago Mr.. Jones chose to
leave his hotel aud become guest OF De.
tectiye P. O'Neill, Of whose house he Is
still On inmate by invitation. To-day 8
man named Dawson took the liberty Of
circulating asubssription llst in cid Of the
ex-senator. This was the last atrsw, and
tonight Mr.. Jones issued the following
card, tho frat exprension regarding him.
Gelf he has made since coming to Detroit:
To the Editor NJ he Free preu:
I sec 1t stated in an evening paper that
an appeal is being made to the public in
my behalf. have never taken any no.
tice up to this time Of anything said in
the public presa about me or my family.
I now desire to ssy that ! have given no
authority to any one to aek any contribu.
tions Of money for me, and that I nm not
an applicant for public charity.
s7.a CHARLES W. JONES.
Mr.. Jones states that he proposes re.
turning to Florida to live after he has set.
tlod up hin affairs in Detroit, and will be
C candidate for reelection to Congress.
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POULTRY, DOGS AND CATS,
An Interesting Show Promised tho Peopl,
NJ AEba nj


An Interesting Show Promised tho People
OF Wheeling.
STho third annual show OF the Wheeling
Poultry Association will be held at the
Capital rink from January 3 to January
6 6ne1t. The Association will this year
make new departure, and in addition
to the poultry show heretofore given, will
combine with IT bench show and cat
exhibition. Prizss sufficiently liberal to
induce competition among owners OF
canine and fe!ino pets will be given, and
possibly there will be department for
pet squirrels, rabbits, 'coona, white mice,
etc.
The members Of the asscciation living
here are very much interested in the com.
ing exhibition, and DR.. W. J. Bates and
Mr.. George o. Smith are working already
Tor its success. They look forward to en-
exhibition that will surpaSs in every re-.
|spect all their former shows.
They hnvo promises OF poultry, not
only from sill parta Of tho United States,
as uoual, but from several countries OF
Europe, go that the poultry show proper
VIII Oouo'eso po bucu oAe as HeVOr 6eon
here before. In order 10 interest those
people In. Wheeling who have: no espe-
cial interesti in poultry, the dog and
cat departments have been added, and
those who have neen the bench show at
the Steubenville street fair or tho cat show
st the Bellaire fair, and noted the interes:
with which people gathered about those
comparatively small Displays, can form en-
idea OF tho strength Of such conbina-
ton 40 is contemplated here,
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ture Of FIRE brick. Adjoining this property
on land owned by hls con, Is being erected
a paint mandatory, tho land. co tanning
rich deposits OF brown metallic, ultra ma
rlne blue, umbre and Indian red paint,
LIVELY. EXPERIENCES
With Members Of tho Gang OF Toughs VII
iutiict tho Town.

With Members Of tho Gang OF Toushs who
ga iutiict tho Town. .5-E
Officer Dunlap, Of the city police force,
had a lively experience yesterday alter.
noon with two tough members Of the bad
gang Of street besgars, vagrants and
thieves thai came hero from Pittsburgh
last Wednesday. One Of thom, named
Thomas Burns, was before tho police
court yesterday morning on q charge OF
vagranGy, but was given ten minutes In
which to leave the town. He would have
done well to have taken this opportunity
to depart, bat instead no remained, and
in company with Albert Newton, ono Of
the gang who managed to escape, bsinp
arrested Thursday night when six Of them
were scooped In, rais0d disturbance at
the bridge dollhouse. They abused Mr..
Richardson, tho man on duty, in fluent
and diegueting manner and offered 10 fight,
Officer Dunlap, hearing Of the racket, put
In an appearance. The men had Just
left the toll house and etar,od down Mar
ket street. They were overhanled and
arrested, Newton bsing turned over to
the care of a citizen who accompanied the
officer. At 1.-THE pos!oflice Burns, exclsim.
log that he would shoot tho officer, made
an effort to break away, aud had to be
downed. Newton also made demonstrs.
ton and had to be downed. Burns fought
and got decidedly the worat OF 1t. Both
were landed In the lookup. Burns has
good prospect Of getting ninety days on
the hill. The gang to which they belong
is the worst that has struck the town for
a long time, and can not be cleaned out
TIM ANN - q -I-.I-
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layed train and taken to undertaking cs.
Establishments to be prepared for burial.

lhyeu tIBln anu taEeH 10 uDceItaHInR o.
tablishments TO be prepared for burial.
William PrettymRn, whose body was
shockingly mangled, wss making his first
trip on the road 40 fireman. lio was for.
merly fireman Of one Of tho Elm Grove
motors, and was well known and liked In
Wheeling He was u son Of Solomon
Prettyman, an employo Of the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati & st. Louis Railway at the
station hero, who liyes on Sixteenth street.
Tho body will bo buried from the home
OF his sililcted parents, but the time haa
not yet been decided upon. He WAS 20
years old, and steady aud reliable man
In railroad work. y,
The collision delayed all traffic over the
road for tho rest OF tho day, tho wreck Of.
iectually blockading tho track and making
It necessary to tranefer all baggsgo and
passengers about the wreck. This was q
very unpleasant necessity to the psssen.
gers, as the surroundings were deeply GOV.
cred with yellow mud. The train due
here ut 1880 p. NJ. did not arrive until
nearly o'clock, and tho evening train
was about three houro late.
PereoDs who were OIL the sceno OF the
accident shortly aitcr II occurred describe
It as ono mover to be forgotten. The
bodies Of two Of tho mon had been taken
out and lay upon platform, ard IN in.
jured man lay near suffering geverely.
A limited force was hard at work trying
to reach tho bodies still beneath the
debris, but tho work va, necessarily allow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-26
SOUTH AMERICAN SLAVERY.

An Infamono Trat4c In colombia M 1ste-
rious Plague la Chilinn Province.
PANAMA, Nov. 25.-The Rsuista Calolica,
Of Bosota, speaking Of mission work in
Colombia, says that in Csqueta, San Mar
tin, Casanare, L. Coajira, Sierra Nevada,
Choco, Opon and Darien there are over
zoo. 900 Colombiana, who live savage life.
Many OF these people-men, women and
children-are stolen and sold into lie Of
slavery OF tho vileat description. Some
times combats take place, from which TO-
suit the slaughter OF hundreds, whose bod
los are left whero they fall.
The Revista Caloiica also refers 10 the
plunder OF the Columbian citizsns on the
Putunsyo and Nspo by Dolores Remedies,
and to his infamous s'ave.dealing traussc-
tions, Gnd particularly to bis public sale
on the Lower Amazon OF women who
have been stolen from Columbia.
Alta place called Posoya, in the province
Of Manibi, Chill, m epidemic which kills
saventy-fve per cent Of those attacked by
it has broken out. The disease begins
with severe pains In the stomach, followed
by flow of blood from the mouth and
sometimes from the eyes and ears.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-26
THE STANDARD OIL
INVESTIGATION AT WASHINGTON.
unimportant Evidence Yesterday ny-Tho Mo.
biio 8 Ohio Roads Sets Up n Plsa that It 4
has Changed tho Ratos oewhlch Com.
plaint was Mnde-A New Move.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. 25.-B. F.
Mitchell, general freight agent Of the
NEWPORT News and Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company, was the frat witness
examined to-day before the Interstate
Commission 10 connection with the Stan.
dard OIL case. In respect to the fact OF n
difference In rate as between oil trans.
ported 10 tanks aud that carried in bar.
rolls, and to the reasonu jussifying such
diHerencehis testimony was substantially
like that OF other freight men who pro.
ceded him.
John O. Gaulet, general manager Of tho
Cincinnati, Now Orleans 4 Texas Pacific
Railroad was sworn, and his evidence was
similar to that given by tho Genera!
Freight Agent Of the name company, IT.
W. J. Bruden, Of oil CITY, general soent
OF the Green Line, tho oil TRANSPORTATION
line Of PennBylvania Road, testified that
in shipping to tho aeaboard the Pennsyl-
vania Company makes no difference In
charges whether in tanks or in barrels.
A barrel Of oil Is reckoned at 400 pounds,
including the barrel, while In tank Sl5
pounds is charged for at barrel rates. It
was also shown that box cara having oil
In barrels were sent back loaded with
COKE whilo the tank cara were hauled
back empty.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company,
In answer to the complaint OF Mr.. Rice,
has put in plea that the company has
changed the rates OF which complaint was
made. Counsel for Mr.. Rice have agreed
that there is no complain. against the
company's new rates and that the only.
remaining ground OF complaint Is that
Ices is charged from ST. Louis and Cairo
to Mobile than to immediate points.
Upon this point tho road claims under
the ruliugs Of the Commission, that water
competition justifes the lesser long haul
rate. Counsel for the railroads named in
the three Standard Oil cases, which are to
be tried hereafter ina separate batch,
have moved that Mr.. Rice, the COM
plainant, be required to give bill Of par
ticulars specifying dates, etc.
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G. NJ. W. POWDERLY
$ DETERMINED TO RETIRE
From tho LcadSrship OF tho Knishts-An
Interview with tho Otloer Noxt In Au.
thority-Iio isin Line with Powd srIy.
A Pathetic Letter from tho Latter,

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.--"I believe the Gen.
eral Master Workman has fully and finally
mado up his mind to retire." said Sub.
General Worthy Foreman Richard Grit.
aths. to-day, referring to Mr.. Powdorly'a q
letters reaflirming his determination 10
decline reelection 10 the Presidency OF
the Knights Of Labor. Mr.. Grililhs ranks
next. to Mr.. Powderly In the order and
would become it's chief officer III case Mr..
Powderly should die or resign before the
expiration Of his term. &
II look forward to his retirement with
great apprehension" he continued. ''He
has devoted the best years Of bis life to a
sell.aacrifcing end earnest ondeavor to
better tho condition Of the laboring peo.
p!e. Looking back upon the condition OF
the wage workers OF tho country iov
years ago, I see wonderful improvement
made in their education. They have &C.
CURED and are acquiring better knowl.
edge of ministerial Affairs, political
economy and general information. This
is largely the result OF Mr.. Powdesly's
policy. The anarchistic element has GA.
ssulted Powderly in every possible way,
but the conservative element is In such
an overwhelming majority that the die.
cordant faction can bs Of no influence in
the order. OF course, this element will
endeayor to get aomeone in sympathy
with them into the Master Workmsn's
chair, but they can never succeed in doing
that The good eense Of a nation will
always rule In tho end, and the good sense
Of the half million Knights Of Labor will
make itself felt"
"Has any one been mentioned as MI,
Powderly's probable successor
mo, tho time Is too far oil for that. Ey.
ery!hing in the order is serene and quiet
now, and ito affairs are in excellent shape,
Mr.. Powderly has about caught up with
the work he had to neglect while attend.
ing the session at Minneapolis. He will
not abate particle OF his interest during
the coming year, and the events Of the
times will probably bring come one into
prominence as bis successor.
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Alice Washington, colored woman
about 25 years old, was arrested by Officer
Dunlap late yesterday afternoon and ar
raigned before Justice PhilipH on q charge
Of theft. She was sent to jail to await a
hearing, but during the evening was re-
leased. For the pact two OF three weeks
ahe has been etGying with her sister, who
is employed as domestic for tho family
Of Nh. jacob Bergor. In the past two
weeks two valuable articles have
been taken from theis sccus.
toned places in tho residence and
are still missing. Ono was q diamond
earring, ono OF q set valued at $500, and
the other was small gold watch. Ssarch
was mado for them in eyory conceivable
place when their loas was diacovered. Not
finding them the ouepicion wau aroused
that they had been stolen, and that suspi-
cion fastened itsslf on the stranger in the
house and abe was accordingly arrested.